the. desire of. this is al-jazeera. everyone i'm come on santa maria and this is the news hour from. gunshots in baghdad and an attack on the house of an influential player the tension is rising in iraq after another night of violence also in the saudi nationals reportedly detained over the deadly shooting at a u.s. naval base in florida and iran sets free an american student in return for a scientist it is a rare prisoner swap between the 2 countries. and in sport liverpool's dominance in the english premier league continues the red thrashing born about 3 male away to go

point clear at the top of the table. hello we're looking at iran today a dramatic escalation of violence in what is already been 2 months of chaos and anti-government unrest there was an attack by an unidentified gunman on protesters in baghdad that's killed at least 23 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in square on friday nights listen 24 hours after vast gunfire was heard again in baghdad sending people running for cover and then what looks like a related event reports that more total solders home was hit by a drone strike however the influential shia cleric is said to have been away at the time also jabari following events for us in baghdad where protesters are demanding protection after one of the most violent nights in recent weeks. manic among the

crowds of protesters as gunfire echoes around central baghdad. moments earlier gunmen pulled up in cars and trucks at the building where protesters have faced themselves since the latest series of anti-government rallies began in october. medics struggle to treat the dozens injured this is what is left behind after what survivors are describing as a massacre. lovesick. they were wearing civilian clothes this is the bullets they stole to people i don't know what kind of islam this is these people believe in i don't even know where they took the dead bodies the 16 of us i mean the 60 to 70 men came asking us to leave this area they showed us their knives and guns and walked us out i heard screams and saw them killing people throwing them over the building they told me they are gangs. sources tell al jazeera the call from these demonstrators for protection was answered by volunteers from soraya al salam which is part of the southern us party the shia muslim group is led by cleric my father

also other hours before the shooting the united states imposed sanctions on 3 of the group's leaders early on saturday in a district of not just province south of baghdad and an identified armed drone attack the souther family compound the cleric wasn't home at the time of the attack the threat of attacks on protesters in baghdad has been a concern supporters of the iranian backed housefull xabi paramilitary coalition arrived in their thousands in fact as they're here square on thursday carrying pictures of iraq's leading shiite cleric grand ayatollah ali sistani during friday prayers sistan his representatives read a letter from the highest shia cleric in iraq calling on iraqi security to protect the peaceful protests and he stressed the need to form a new government without foreign interference more than 400 iraqis have been killed and thousands injured in the past 2 months demonstrators in cities across the

country have been demanding more jobs less corruption and sectarianism changes in the electoral laws and an overhaul of the entire political system prime minister he resigned last week but remains as a carrot taker his replacement. it is yet to be announced as tensions increase here protesters keep asking the same question where other government forces which are supposed to protect them a question that is becoming increasingly difficult to answer as the political and sectarian allegiances continue to create further division between iraqis dorsetshire pari al-jazeera backed out. when i get some more on this with someone of the correspondent in baghdad someone to tell us a little bit about response to this attack not just inside iran but coming from the international community well there has been widespread condemnation of this attack from various western nations as well as the united nations condemning the attack

and asking the government to investigate and hold those responsible to account the response of the government to the contrary has been rather slow prime minister and a lot of the mother who remains a caretaker has not spoken out here and president barham salih issued a statement 21 hours after the incident condemning the attack and promising those responsible would be held account he blamed the attack on criminal elements are not attributing responsibility to this attack just yet the ministry of interior said started an investigation and the parliament today also said it would be holding an extraordinary session tomorrow to some more on the military commanders to find out what exactly happened we also had a new statement come out just now from the popular mobilization forces which is a december a large group of armed groups some of them with links to iran who basically said that they operate under the control of the joint operations command and this

statement appears to try to refute allegations that some of these groups may be responsible for the attack. simone i just want to go on a slight tangent here but i think it's still probably related and that is a statement i'm looking at here from the u.s. led coalition it is about recent attacks on iraqi bases where u.s. soldiers are stationed can you tell us a little more and how this sort of folds into the rest of the violence going on. well it's uncertain whether these attacks that we've been seeing on bases where u.s. soldiers are base are at all related to the protest it's certain that there has been a spike in rocket attacks on these locations we've had 8 attacks between $28.00 and december 5th now it's uncertain what the link might be there are officials inside the government also among the popular mobilization forces who accuse the united states of supporting the protests all there is no evidence for

that what is unusual in this statement is that the u.s. led coalition actually attribute it responsibility for one of these attacks on december 3rd on. this is not something that usually happens usually when these attacks occur that iraqi security forces are able to go to these locations that usually find remnants of the rockets that were fired but we don't ever really hear any statements or results of the investigations of who might be responsible and in this specific statement the u.s. led coalition actually blamed hezbollah for the december 3rd attack this is a of course one of the groups under the popular mobilization of forces with close links to iran who has had quite a hostile stance towards the u.s. presence here in iraq now the question is why it released this statement at this moment and of course we can only speculate on this but it is possible that the u.s. is growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of response by the iraqi

government to really investigate these attacks and to bring the groups that are responsible to work out it's also possible that the u.s. wants to increase pressure on iran which has had. great influence during these protests so it could be also a way to try to pressure iran and to try to basically increase the space for u.s. influence in iraq thank you for a similar fortune in baghdad at the thought of me was a legal advisor to the national council for iraqi opposition he told us the demands of the protesters are becoming more credible every day. but you man's are being were crystallized as as time went by i think the calls for the are routing an entire political system that was founded post 2003 invasion of iraq is now for the people falling on the ears of people who are understanding and appreciating and sometimes accepting what these protesters are saying. we are talking about an

entire political system that is corrupt and that is backed by our political factions most of those on political actions were accused by the protesters yesterday of carrying out the attacks on them so the question is being asked how good how can a corrupt system how can a corrupt system corrupt elements. correctly reform it that is where the difficulty lies and that's where the light that's where the movement is that's where the grievances are hounded and hence i think the the amount that the entire political system is up and completely replaced under under the supervision of an internationally i need your national wanting preferably in the united nations it is actually a very credible demand to other news and f.b.i. agents are now questioning 10 saudi nationals in connection with friday's shooting at a u.s. naval base saudi air force officer mohammed saeed al sharia and he killed 3 students who were training with him before he himself was killed and

a terrorist detectives are investigating the motive more now with mike hanna is following this one from washington anything more mike i think only a few hours ago we were saying 6 saudis the numbers going up. indeed yes sir note also within that report is contain the fact that a number of saudi nationals are still being looked for in other words it does appear that there are more than the 10 who are in detention at present who may be involved in some way in this shooting so certainly these details are implying that there could have been some form of conspiracy now the associated press also reports that one of the saudi nationals actually filmed the attack from outside the building in which the classrooms were based in with the classrooms in which the shooting took place it quotes a u.s. official as saying as well that the gunman who was killed in the attack also held a party the night before at which

a number of videos of mess killings were watched by him and some of his allies or friends so these details emerging obviously giving some indication of what the motive was inching towards a possibility that this was indeed an act of terror and the possibility to emerging that it could have been part of a wider conspiracy than just a lone gunman here plenty more to come on this one i think is in there mike hanna in washington thank you for the u.s. president donald trump and thanked iran after washington and tehran exchanged prisoners a swap facilitated by the swiss government the iranians released chinese american jew wang who faced spying charges after being detained in 2016 in exchange the u.s. released iranian scientists must sued so many who flew back to iran with the foreign minister mohammad zarif or. who says this prisoner swap was actually in the works for a while. parmenter divides reve has been talking about

a possible swap for a while back in september he had said that he had offered exchange of prisoners but it had to be for an iranian he said that as foreign minister he couldn't just go to the courts here in iran and ask for the release of sure where want. to be for an iranian that iranian was the stem cell research a prominent stem cells to research so the money that he was detained last year in october after u.s. airports and accused of violating u.s. sanctions and seeking to transfer a growth hormone to iran without a license now sure won't he's a student american citizen and he was detained back in 2016 accused of espionage found guilty in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years here in iran now princeton university where she is a researcher his wife and the u.s. government maintained that he was here for research purposes here to study the. here's what's coming up for you on this news hour.

dancing to the beat of their own drum lebanese women demands new bride summit political turmoil also education under occupation is ready forces move against students in the occupied west bank. and boards the boxer hoping his tactic of scaling down will boost his chances of regaining the heavyweight world's touching. fighters loyal to the libyan un recognized government say they have shot down a fighter jet belonging to warlord how the 4 hafter the incident took place near the western coastal city of zawiya and mahmud up the one head has more from tripoli . brigadier general ham would ignore the spokes men of the army led by the u n a government of national accord said that their forces managed to shut down pro has

to make $32.00 fighter jet. in southern tripoli but apparently the jet was captured actually in the fighter of the pilot was captured by rebels from the city of zawiya apparently the fighter jet was hit by pro-government fighters in southern tripoli namely around. a military camp in southern tripoli but it just landed in their neighboring get western coastal city of zawiya and activists from the city of a zawiyah have been posting get pictures of what they call the wreckage of the fighter jet and also of the pilot's home they say a libyan pilot loyal to the world plea for have to do with the name of. muhammad

we know that this is not the 1st time after the fighter jets being shot down by pro-government forces but we also know that the fighter jets wars have been very crucial in this battle for the capital tripoli and the government forces are accusing have those fighter jets of targeting residential areas several times since the beginning of the fighting back in april. now at least 19 civilians have been killed including 5 children in russian and syrian government airstrikes they targeted 2 villages in the province of the last remaining rebel held area in syria run $25000.00 syrians have fled the providence province in the past week alone due to an escalation in airstrikes we're going to talk tomorrow in kabul about this director of policy analysis at the absentia for research and policy studies marwan thank you for your time. we have been saying the last rebel held stronghold in

syria for so long now i'm wondering what is it that is meaning that the syrians and the russians haven't taken this back fully yet and that there is still this pocket holding on. i think the reason for that actually is there are there are there are 4000000 syrians who are on a d. . and i believe the russians are very clear of actually enough to stage an all out onslaught against our province this is on one hand on the other hand because that would indeed provoke an hour to clear by that and from an article by the international community on the other one. future of is very much related to the understanding between the russians and the turks who have already signed 2 agreements concerning the future of their latest one actually it was last september when the 2 countries tried to revive the suci agreement in which he agreed to

establish something like a normal demilitarized zone but i think the syrian regime and its national allies are trying right now in fact to gain control of the mean roads between. and also between lattakia and their body out of mainly interested in beginning control of the m 4 and the m 5 more thought away between how up on one hand how unlucky on the other hand. when i mentioned also a 1000000 trucks in the 25000 syrians who have left. just in the past week and you mentioned there are millions in the whole province where are they going because so many people from syria will have been displaced from different parts of the country a lot of them are probably ended up in where do they go from there and are they safe while they are trying actually to flee. the area which is already under

control which is administered mainly by the syrian opposition and the turkish government and if it is shield. on one hand and on the olive branch operation on the other hand you know he has launched 2 major military operations in which many actually to control something like 4000 secret syrian territories over the past couple of years the fierce one actually was in 2016 that is the euphrates shield in which he managed to expend the icily fighters as we. see a democratic forces fighters from that from that part of syria and they have also launched another military operation in a free in. operation in which also the managed to expel the. syria democratic forces from that part of syrian territories so most of the syrians who are fleeing

adlib actually are moving north wards towards these area which is under contract now moment oblon always a pleasure thank you for your time thank you. now in lebanon thousands of women of marched in the capital beirut to protest against sexual harassment women are fighting to change a system they say has been unjust to them and they are reports the protest movement has also given them a new platform to raise their voices against sectarian politics. they are speaking out in solidarity with those who recently gathered the courage to do so a flash mob was organized by lebanese women to support others who have been sexually abused and harassed dozens have broken their silence in the past few weeks since the start of the so-called october revolution in a society where the victim and not the rapist is condemned this is a challenge to the norms of this revolution has given strength to many many many

women and the ban on. the women make up including ourselves about something that's been happening to us that the government has not been taking into consideration even believe an anti-establishment movement against the ruling elite has given these women a new platform like other lebanese they are calling for an end to corruption unemployment better living conditions and an overhaul of the political system there are so many discriminatory laws against women and i'm going to just state the main source of the problem it's the fact that we have no civil courts for personal status so basically there are really just courts that's run our xers lebanon is home to many religious sects whose leaders preside over personal domestic issues such as marriage and divorce women have. been vocal role in the protest movement against their leaders they have taken part in protests

a blocked roads led reconciliation initiatives by crossing frontlines in order to preserve national unity for many of them this is their chance to bring down the sectarian political system that human rights groups. make them victims. activists say one in every 4 lebanese women have been assaulted yet there are no laws that criminalize sexual abuse and harassment women also have little protection from violent partners custody of children more often than not is granted to fathers and the list goes on bringing about change won't be easy the greatest things are cheap to small steps. so i will i would always encourage to just take up because all we need is patience if we want to protest if you want to peaceful revolution we're going to have to give it its type women who have been challenging the system for years are no longer alone in calling for a secular state the uprising may have divided society but these women believe there is already

a new beginning for their beirut. at least 7 kenyan police officers have been killed after their bus was attacked somali border kenya's president says gunman from the group stopped the bus on a remote road between the towns of which. i can june 8 police officers were killed in a similar attack in which it county. intercepted another boat carrying migrants and refugees increasing numbers are being spotted on the so-called western route to europe in the atlantic ocean at least $64.00 died when their boat capsized and more than $1000.00 managed to swim ashore but unlike previous cases foreign media have been denied access to the mines isn't. going to lot of speculation as to why there is. in the past been very cooperative with the media. to see how. you are. every

interest in showing that they are dealing in a very good way with the. situation the new situation the. and. the lack of access for the media has given rise to some speculations about why this time around this iteration has been blocked from the eyes of the international public speculations talked about but that perhaps the facilities were not up to standards when those people suddenly. showed up on the shore but also the authorities here and the ngos are saying that does not the case other speculations you know also given rise to because these are the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they were buried outside the city often in a matter of they are let even less than that. so not clear why this time around

they are being secretive about it. funerals have been held for a group of protesters who rallied against the president of guinea despite the killings opposition leaders side demonstrations against president alpha condé will go on cutting up as other young reports was that the coffins of 8 men are carried along the streets of guinea's capital opposition leaders say they were killed by security forces for speaking out against president. and his government 3 of them were shot dead during funerals for fellow protesters the youngest was 15 years old some easy put on the net we're here to bury our children they are killing them even when we are out within our rights to protest they come out and kill us we are tired of this government. 6 the killings reflect the power struggle between guinea security forces and anti-government protesters tens of thousands have taken to the streets in the past 2 months. led by the national front

for the defense of the constitution they are against president konitz plan to change the constitution which would allow him to seek a 3rd term next year the 81 year old has been in power for 9 years so it's been said they want to go to oppose a change to the constitution they're opposed to a 3rd term for president condit but they were shot while protesting government leaders say the people should have the option of voting to extend qantas presidency several opposition leaders have been jailed for organizing protests but despite the killings demonstrations have continued so there is a shortage the decision is going to be things need to change they need to change for all youth and all the innocent people who have been killed one called imagine what it feels like. the government is promising to investigate the killings but the opposition says that's not enough the protests they say will continue katia locus

of the al-jazeera. taliban and u.s. negotiators to resume their talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan the u.s. delegation says renewed discussions in qatar will focus on the reduction of violence to lead to intra afghan negotiations and a cease fire back in september u.s. president donald trump abruptly stopped the talks just as both sides are quite close to signing a deal. the democratic led house of representatives has passed a resolution backing a 2 state solution for israel and palestine it voted along party lines to pass a largely symbolic measure the house reaffirmed the longstanding u.s. policy against settlement expansion that was reversed last month by the trump administration. still ahead for you on this news hour we'll take you to the mountains of me and mark where secret clinics for heroin addicts are proving to be controversial. also how climate change is wrecking the once thriving fishing industry along the u.s.

eastern coast and in sports we'll hear from formula one world champion that is hamilton its just got its hands on this trophy for a 6 time. hello the weather looks rather wet and windy and at times wintry across the middle east at the moment a fair amount of cloud there just spinning out of iraq into iran and behind me sort of a fair bit of cloud there across syria and there's more where that came from we have got some showers just around the eastern side of the mediterranean into lebanon maybe into jordan as well as that wintry mix pushing over towards southern sections of the caspian sea the northern parts of iran tehran struggling to get into double figures over the next couple of days western areas of iran too also seeing a little bit of that wet weather and out towards the strait of hormuz a little further race was it does look largely dry no great shakes looking at

temperatures 10 celsius in kabul but could get up to a $28.00 there in karate so that cloud that we have around the gulf that may well even affect us here in qatar as we go into the middle part of the next week but for the time big showers should stay on the other side of the gulf there is that wetter weather for sunday wet weather to just around the horn of africa somalia seeing more showers along the spells of right age in the way further west with 2. wars ethiopia towards era try i'm a while we're seeing some very heavy showers too in eastern parts of south africa recently with continue to see the showers draining out of the tropics pushing towards southern parts of mozambique. the story of long family and frito going on my living years old you were at school we heard the sounds of large explosions. and the hardships faced in captivity

they came for me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i think i saw so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners. and the uprising coming soon on al-jazeera. an investigation of how foreign companies planned africa's natural resources that russia is showing poured into the question revealing how new movie is officials demand cash in exchange for favors. with confidential documents provided to al-jazeera by wiki leaks people are going to say that you committed perjury i was part of the crunch and i'm not denying it how dizzier investigations the anatomy of a braai. on

the news here at al-jazeera these are our top stories more gunshots heard in baghdad after 23 people were killed overnight and also reports mcardle southers home was hit by a drone strike but the influential shia cleric is said to have been away at the time. fighters loyal to libya's u.n. recognized government say they've shot down a fighter jet belonging to warlord $34.00 have to be instant took place near the western coastal city of zawiya and u.s. president donald trump's thanked iran after washington and tehran exchanged prison it's a swap facilitated by the swiss government the iranians released chinese american should you one who faced spying charges and exchange the u.s. released iranian scientist must sued so many. us house judiciary committee has now released a report explaining the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of president

donald trump the report comes after the top democrat in the u.s. congress nancy pelosi announced earlier in the wake that a party is moving forward with drafting formal articles of impeachment the case centers on allegations the us president tried to use military aid to ukraine as leverage to get its leader to dig up dirt on his political rival joe biden. scientists are calling it the ultimate wake up call to humanity they are warning climate change is causing falling levels of oxygen in the world's oceans and it will affect hundreds of millions of people oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface they are central to all life climate change and nutrient pollution are the major drivers of ocean oxygen loss oxygen depleted zones on the seabed are being caused by rising sea temperature that is of course caused by common dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and scientists say the loss of oxygen is increasingly threatening marine species things like shocks tuna and marlin he spoke

to me in abstract or of the global marine polar program at the international union for conservation and nature they put out this report she says the changes will be harmful to biodiversity and to natural habitats what we're seeing what we've seen is actually a decline in 2 percent of the global oxygen level they have been reduced by 2 percent and it doesn't sound like a lot but just these 2 small changes will have enormous implications but within that is actually a lot of regional differences so we can take an example. south southeast coast of the fornia into deeper waters we've seen a decline in 30 percent oxygen level in the last 25 years so how does this all effects you know life in the ocean and ultimately us and because we're depending on it for the regulatory system. so deal situation will have an impact on biodiversity on biomass of commercially imports and species and vulnerable species so rare

species but also habitats so those oxygen rich and which are favorable conditions those to some species will shrink these are shrinking these habitats but also we are altering the energy and biochemical 'd cycles within the ocean and that means these systems which are absolutely crucial to sustain these fisheries that's bringing the new true rich water up into the surface areas so we are seeing that species are migrating because of this. and here's a case in point the gulf of maine on the united states' east coast the water there is warming faster than the rest of the world's oceans and the half $1000000000.00 local shipping industry struggling to adapt to the loss of some space is not shrimp christian salumi looks at that story from port clyde in may. just in libya is what's known as a ground fisherman just like his father before him but in his home base support

clyde maine he could be one of a dying breed declining fish stocks and tougher regulations are making it harder for ground fishermen to make a living traditionally boat like this would go around fishing for the summer months usually. mangy to november then you do estate water sculpting. november december and if you go shrimping from december you. may it's not really surprising but regulators have made what little shrimp are left in these coastal areas off limits to fishermen taking away libby's winter catch they blame warming waters for shrimps decline here the gulf of maine has warmed faster than just about any other place in the ocean over the last 30 years we've warmed it 4 times the global ocean average it's not a coincidence that we started seeing signs of stress in the shrimp population right around 2012 which was the marine heat wave year that we had here in the gulf i mean

we had temperatures that were 3 degrees celsius above normal main seafood is a half $1000000000.00 industry not only is it crucial to the state's economy it's part of its cultural identity for fishermen who live in villages like this it's a way of life that's getting harder and harder to sustain. justin has seen shrimp go from about 40 percent of his business to 0. scientists predict that other ground fish species he catches like cod and had it also. substantial declines i've been fortunate that younger and i can do something else but for a lot of the older generation there isn't really any option for them they've invested their whole lives and their money. and while worming waters have been a boon for other species like lobster. even maine's most lucrative seafood could eventually suffer if warming trends continue there's going to be opportunity that comes with climate change we just need to be able to understand it and we need to

be able to mitigate for it and we need to be taking steps to slow it and adjust and adapt. the main coastal fishermen's association is calling for more and better data to better prepare for what could be a sea change and preserve a bedrock of the state's economy. christian salumi al-jazeera. and there will be more stories like this you can check out as there is environmental program climate s.o.s. head to the documentary section at al-jazeera dot com. nigeria has held its 1st and only televised presidential debate before next week's election earlier tens of thousands of people held their last friday protest before the vote which they are rejecting as meaningless many demonstrators say they're just one vote until all the ruling elite is removed this report from ben and smith. 5 men lined up for a television 1st in algeria i did paid between candidates in next week's

presidential election all of them have either supported or served in the government of president abdelaziz bouteflika before he was forced to resign in april when confronted by mass protests. at the sort of all formal constitutions in algeria have served the heads of state but the constitution must serve the old european people while i will start an inclusive debate and seek help from constitutional experts in all political classes that will result in a national referendum that will lead us to a constitution would be of the algerian people. aware libyan if. the constitution is the mother of. the 1st step and change the algerian people have demand to change we all demand change and change will not happen without the law and 1st and foremost the amendment of the constitution. but all of them seem to represent algeria's old guard is what leading calls for

a boycott of the poll. thousands of protestors were out again in towns and cities across the country earlier for the 42nd successive friday protests many of them say the election is pointless and they won't vote analysts predict a voter turnout of just 12 to 15 percent i don't think there will be an open in of for political system what is happening in a moment is some sort of inertia it gives the impression that something is happening that so many multi-party system exists or look presidential elections will take place next as the and so on and so forth but in reality not being changes i the army says thursday's election is the only way to end the standoff with the opposition. amnesty international says algeria security forces have escalated a crackdown on the protests ahead of the december 12 election the human rights

group says there's been a wave of arbitrary arrests and imprisonment of dozens of peaceful liked. burnitz made. israeli army is accusing the occupied west bank most prestigious university it is set of being a recruitment center for what it calls terrorism dozens of students are currently in israeli jails and the university denies the accusations but also told our desire they fear more rights attack on imran khan as a report from the occupied west bank. a 1st glance at present university looks like an ordinary campus that could be anywhere in the world that's because it is the university in the occupied west bank goes about its daily business but the israeli army says it's far from ordinary and that this campus is a recruitment center for what it calls a terrorism and incitement to violence according to his latest video. since the beginning of $2964.00 students have been arrested in total 80 students are in jail

the vast majority have yet to be convicted this video from march 2018 shows israeli special forces arresting a student on campus at gunpoint the students currently awaiting trial on charges of activities relating to the hamas islamic bloc which is the student wing of the political party the university fairs more israeli incursions and more students arrests from our long. experience with israeli occupation whenever they launch a campaign. of this information out of the university it means that they are preparing for a campaign awful pressure and increasing going to stick sions on the education process in the palestinian territories especially because it university. because it does pride itself in encouraging students to take part in political life and fight the occupation by israel using legal means. because a university has been subject to harassment and raids by the israeli army for decades now because of the occupation is very difficult for the visiting lecturer

as they come and give classes here on the faculties own stuff have been subject to harassment and arrest also however it's the students that bad the brunt of the israeli army's actions. is a student here he's been arrested 4 times serving a total of 3 years in prison he was only charged twice for being a member of the hamas islamic bloc the other times he was held without charge for a total of 10 months. i was supposed to have graduated 3 years ago but i keep getting arrested for political activity i've had to change my major from engineering to accountancy because i lost so much time it was impossible to keep up with something as difficult as engineering. membership of the mass shooting political block is not illegal under palestinian law nor does it contravene university policy but palestinians in the occupied west bank come under israeli military rule and israel considers the group a terrorist organization but it's not just how my students when that's in the

sights of the israeli army shouldn't have been arrested for membership of a variety of groups and for terrorism financing according to the israelis the israeli army video is being seen as a warning here and once again students and staff are bracing themselves for more raids and more arrests imran khan algis a visit university the occupied west bank. a few more stories in brief now starting with the 3rd successive day of nationwide strikes in france which is causing weekend travel chaos public transport flights and hospitals are all disrupted again protesters are angry at president emanuel micron's plans for pension reform the government insists the strikes point stopped the changes from happening. barricades have been set on fire near the u.s. embassy in haiti. protesters in port au prince accuse the u.s. of propping up what they say is the corrupt government of president john l. moyes. football players in mexico city have been ordered to take an awareness

course about violence against women after they were caught making fun of the new feminist protests. of the club america under 17 team dancing and laughing to the song called a rapist in your path female activists denounced the team for being grossly disrespectful club america disciplinary action has been taken against what it calls machismo behavior. and in argentina hundreds of women took part in a flash mob performance highlighting the same feminist anthems become popular in brazil and venezuela to calls for justice the gender based crimes as well as action against sexism and impunity from prosecution. governments in southeast asia say more regional cooperation is needed to tackle a growing drugs problem much of the methamphetamine and opium comes from me and where armed groups use drugs money to fund their wars against the government over

is when he now reports one of those armies at least says it is actually and he drugs and is stepping up its fight against addiction. in this part of me and my dribbles are in control and they make the rules if you're addicted to drugs and get caught you're detained and put to work even those who aren't from this area are subject to the arbitrary laws of the top national liberal. ation army. t.l.a. have checkpoints and they stop people who pass through their territory they tested by your own and i didn't pass and then they brought me here i didn't have a chance to defend myself and when they ordered me to come here i had to follow. the t.l.a. is a relatively small but active rebel army based in shan state which is one of me and miles main drug growing and manufacturing areas it's involved in regular fights with the me and military and other ethnic minority militias that are allied with government forces the say they don't want independence but autonomy they also say

they're not involved in the drug trade but like other rebel groups they've been accused of human rights abuses including kidnapping and forcing people to join their ranks critics say the drug rehabilitation centers are also illegal addicts are taken to remote secret locations with are held for 3 months the methods often result in injuries but the t.n.l. a say they work and they're essential to combat the growing use of methamphetamine and heroin. when them in villages the addicts run away and hide and i don't arrest anyone so we worry that people who live here will become drug addicts little destroy the future for the tongue people so we arrest all addicts and dealers regardless of where they come from there are many legacies of me and miles long running civil wars and almost 50 years of military rule areas like this have been left behind through a lack of development and opportunity which is helped to provide space for armed groups to operate with impunity wayne hey al jazeera

several bushfires in australia have combined into a single so-called mega fire strong winds of stoking the blaze north of sydney in new south wales 6 people have been killed and around 700 homes destroyed during weeks of unprecedented wildfires rael i'm hammered with this report. the giant inferno is spreading in bushland and forest across large areas of new south wales emergency crews are battling to controlled more than 100 fires as the flames burned into the night they formed what firefighters are describing as a mega fire destroying several homes and scorching 300000 hectares of land firefighters say they can't cope but notice what for the next minute there's a 30 made a fire morris i mean. highlighting the dangers facing emergency crews a water bombing helicopter crashed while trying to douse the flames the pilot survived. thousands of firefighters are battling to protect communities and

wildlife with many australians forced from their homes who are all covered in ash you just had to have. australia's bushfire season started early this year it's considered the worst on record fueled by drought soaring temperatures and high winds the smoke that is going. on. communities that far why so. significant the fall is extraordinary australia's largest city is shrouded in orange skies many weekend sports events are cancelled in sydney and doctors are treating many patients struggling to breathe just over the last week we see a 25 percent increase in the number of people presenting to our emergency departments with acid and breathing problems that's an increase from an average of about 900 to just over 1100 people dozens of firefighters a flown in from canada and the us to support emergency efforts temperatures are

expected to rise of a 40 degrees in the coming days and the summer heat wave is set to continue for weeks rain is the only thing that could bring some relief to sydney's 5000000 people. summer's government says nearly 90 percent of the population is now been vaccinated against measles a compulsory program was rolled out after an operate 6 weeks ago $65.00 people have died many children more than 4 and a half 1000 people have been infected the curfew is now been lifted but the health ministry says 103 new cases have been reported since friday. now the royal drums of burundi have been considered sacred a symbol of unity since ancient times and now young children are being taught the ritual dance to keep their heritage alive catherine sawyer has that story now from the shore. these are some of these best dramas they leave

in our home to the famous royal drums and a culture of drumming that dates back centuries the ritual of the royal drugs is now the glasgow heritage laced. leads drama he tells us this compound in the heart or entering a significant wound is ancient king came here seeking refuge when belgian colonizers wanted to kill him at the time of the 19th century he later surrendered but the drumming he loved stayed on to mark the bravery of those who helped him. when people heard he was here they brought him a gift of. you slaughter them for a feast and use your skin to make to rule drums which exist to date in this century . this is a special hardware the most important drums are kept including this too we are told there are about 100 years or conserving the culture is important to everyone here.

every time the drums beat shara the whole neighborhood comes out this century is one of the country's main tourist attractions and a source of livelihood for most people here. says she once has the tradition women are not allowed to be dramas. every thursday after school my son comes here to learn from the older drama teaching the young generation will keep the culture alive. so twice every week young boys come here for training sessions lining there are. affecting their moves. i started drumming when i was very little my father and grandfather were drummers i'm hoping one day i'll be able to be 30 drums in other countries. royal drumming is not only allowed in official functions the government says this is to

avoid commercializing the culture the showstoppers in functions like this presidential events are often the children through these future dramas catherine saw al-jazeera. will be with us in a moment with sports on the news hour as an american skier is and lifted to a hospital after a big fall at a downhill event in canada. the last time i spoke to him he told me he was thinking of going to syria the world wants to see syria's fighters up close and personal but those behind the camera pay the price filmmaker yes it is you made these chillingly intimate footage on you and behind the front lines cost him his life his body was riddled with bullets and exclusive documentary syria the last assignments on al-jazeera.

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liverpool have increased their lead at the top of the english currently to 11 points the reds notched up their 15th that win from 16 e.p.l. games on saturday you're going club side beating bournemouth 3 now away alex. chamberlain nabby keda and mohamed salah getting the goals all right now manchester city are hosting city rivals united at the if he had stadium and it's united who are leading meanwhile tottenham are finding some real form under new manager josie marie neo maybe burnley 5 nil important important performance results goals happiness for the fans happiness in the team young boys coming from the bench doubled over 17 year old kids the clean sheet i'm really really happy. around majority have new to the top of the spanish the league are also blanco speed espanol to know on saturday french stars rafael ron

and karim benzema scoring the winning moves than free points ahead of barcelona who faced mayorkas shortly got caught up at dior is today we have to be happy because the i did another good result to illustrate that it's clear we could do much better but we played a very committed game giving our opponents the due respect from the 1st minute until the end and this is the most important thing. the stadium that house said this year's world athletics championships and caterwaul also stage the final football's club world cup later this month though has khalifa international stadium will be the venue for liverpool semifinal on the 18th of december as well as the title decider 3 days later the all new education city ground had been due to host those games but its opening has been delayed if the same education for the stadium is finished but there isn't time for it to have the required test events. and he really is living up to his status as a heavyweight champion he's put on 7 kilograms for his rematch with britain's

anthony joshua the mexican american weighed in a huge 120 kilograms ahead of saturday's fight in saudi arabia if they factor in the highest weight in heavyweight championship history in contrast joshua is at his lightest swainson's 2014 rays pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent boxing history when he beat joshua in june to claim his title belt the british boxing writer garrity davis says another win for rays will send joshua into boxing oblivion. he needs to do nothing of the reason that he's so thrilled what he wants to do everything he does for me is about us people expect and see joshua so when if he loses on saturday night there's no big 7000000 pound flights that are coming up in the future east back on the heap side to be listed as rebuilding his career with everyone say you got beat by that chubby little fat kid

as and you it's called himself he passed the win that's for redemption his trainer saying it is promoted to say he say it inside his head it's called believe he lost the 1st hour and it was a mystery in many ways something was rights but he probably didn't skate and see ruiz seriously enough 1st floyd's he's had 6 months to think about this guard if he can put it right if he could show that he has the boxing capability the now the fighting i.q. to defeat this guy all is forgiven. formula one world champion lewis hamilton has described 2019 as the best season of his life and wilting collected the winner's trophy for the 6th time at a ceremony in paris on friday the briton said its rivals work to do if they are to close the gap on his mercedes team. as dominant it's a strong force and. i think it's taken us time to build that you know to

build the strength in depth from within and have the consistency with this not something that has come overnight and the other teams currently don't have the elements that we have on the american skier with airlifted to hospital after suffering a heavy fall during a women's downhill event in canada competitors were having to deal with heavy snowfall during the race and louise teenager a.j. hurt crashed out just 15 seconds into her run a 19 year old was taken to calgary for treatment but is said to be doing much much better now good news and that is all yours for for now much more coming up later but for now back to you ok thanks so much for. the headlines that al-jazeera dot com of course whenever you want them. is standing by in a london new center she'll have a next here on al-jazeera on canal santa maria thanks for joining us.

i think stories generate found some news of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison doesn't mean rights stopped at the gate separate the spin from the facts the western media jumps on stories without taking down the misinformation from the journalism it's about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground with the listening post on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks all the holes in his pot what destroyed and this is

all that we detail coverage when mexico elected a new president last year they did so largely with the promises that he would end the plague of violence in the country and feel as journalism from around the world this rally was approved by play that ought to factor in the logic of it that the other 3 really held at home on. both floors in cameroons rivers. on a little street. plastic is everywhere. but if bottles can be fishing boats. i'm bubble gum wellington boots what more can be done with this plague of palmas. earthrise reimagining plastic. on our ages era.

gunshots ring out across iraq's current battle following a night of violence which saw gunmen opened fire on protesters. and i want to touch on this is a long way from london also coming up iran releases an american student to return for a scientist in a rare prisoner swap between the 2 countries. several saudi nationals are detained for questioning in the u.s. all for a deadly shooting at a florida naval base and the u. .